I live on 2 acres, surrounded by 3 ponds. It is a dead end road with little traffic. I am the 3rd house from the dead end. There is privacy as you are parked at the front of the yard with the trees on both sides of you. It is 3 minutes to downtown where there are a couple of bars, bead/rock shop, pizza and ice cream shop and old fashioned 50's drive inn burger & homemade root beer restaurant. Eat in your car or grab an outdoor table and watch families mini golf. There is also a cafe and coffee shop. If you cross the river into Wisconsin there is Walmart, Marketplace, Tractor Supply and Menards. There is also an organic store-Fine Acres, a vegetarian restaurant and other bars and steak houses. Suggested Local Attractions: Downtown has the Frost Top Drive Inn & mini golf, The Goat bar, and Romaynes bar. In St Croix Falls there is the Dallas house bar restaurant and fine dining, definitely try their popovers! Fon Da Rosa - animal park with deer and other animals that you can feed and pet past the Walmart on the left of hwy 8. Further east on hwy 8 is the mini golf and go carts, which is about 1/2 mile east from the Menards round-about on the left. The 17th hole is our favorite and we try to play that hole at least 3 times. Interstate Park - MN and WI sides, Wild River State Park, William O'Brien state Park. Taylors Falls scenic boat tours on a large paddleboat down the St Croix River. Boats run anywhere from 1-4 excursions per day depending on which day of the week. Downtown Taylors Falls offers: The Bead store, Coffee Talk, Schooney's pizza, Tangled in Blue restaurant, and Juneberry cafe. In Balsam Lake, which is another favorite small town near me is the Thirsty Otter for on the water dining from their deck, (their Otter burger is a fav and Tuesday is Shrimptastic, Wed is Bingo, or for a very nice old fashion supperclub dinner check out IndianHead Supper club or the Dalles House supper club in St. Croix Falls. If you are a beer connoisseur try the new Balsam Lake Brewery & Market. Balsam is about 20 minutes from Taylors Falls. They also have a beach there with playground at the lake for fun with your little people. If you are here on a Thursday, Doc's in Balsam Lake has great food and they have Karaoke night. Go sing your heart out! If you are here to golf you can check out Chisago Lakes Golf Course and right over the river into WI is Crooked Creek Golf Course in Osceola as well as the Luck Golf Course in Luck.